This (ridiculously adorable) guy kept growing...
Work on the house continued... (surprise! :)
Fathers Day!
We had FUN! Swimming, go karts, teeball, playing outside, a magician at the library, railroad museum tour, ,more swimming, I went to the NKOTB/98 Degrees/Boyz II Men concert (WOOHOO!), etc etc etc!
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
May
A really brief, poor recap of May. haha Oh mercy...
Work on the house continued...
This man turned 4 months:
We celebrated 8 YEARS! ....and forgot to ask someone to take a picture for us!
It WARMED up! Woohoo! That means playing in water, strawberry picking, trips to the zoo, duck feeding, ya know! ... here are some snapshots!
Work on the house continued...
This man turned 4 months:
We celebrated 8 YEARS! ....and forgot to ask someone to take a picture for us!
It WARMED up! Woohoo! That means playing in water, strawberry picking, trips to the zoo, duck feeding, ya know! ... here are some snapshots!
(haha! :] )
Monday, July 29, 2013
Lost...
...I suppose I disappeared into the craziness of motherhood and summertime! Soooo busy!
I'll be compiling a great monthly recap, in the meanwhile, enjoy this video from the Pioneer Day (July 24th) party at church....
I'll be compiling a great monthly recap, in the meanwhile, enjoy this video from the Pioneer Day (July 24th) party at church....
(Lincoln is in the orange bball hat)
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
March/April (huge) Photo-dump!
Well, how about that for time lapse?? Since Matt spoiled me and surprised me with my first tablet for Valentines, I have become terrible about getting on our desktop downstairs - which means the blog is getting neglected. Whoops!
Some of March....
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Some of April's happenings:
I had a birthday :) No picture... in part because I also caught a wretched cold the same week (and 4 days before that, had a stomach virus from you- know -where). Ah well!
I discovered the joy of pressure washing (yes, it warrants being mentioned :) :
The house building started!:
This guy turned 3 months!! (more on him in the next post...)
Played outside, went to the zoo, etc etc etc - loving some warm weather!
This guy started Tball! What fun! He loves it.
We flew kites on the-windiest-day-EVER.

And I started playing with my friends' DSLR camera she loaned me for a few weeks:
Some of March....
Matt's construction company, Cynergy Construction, bought two lots and prepped to start building !
My parent's German Shepherd had her puppies (accidental litter w/the neighbors lab) - they are ADORABLE and have been really fun to have around (they'll all be to their new homes in the next week or so).
This kid potty trained... and is mostly doing well :)
We took a weekend jaunt to Memphis and saw the Peabody ducks, ate some AMAZING fried chicken, had a crazy night in the hotel (hello, Lincoln, please learn how to sleep when you're overtired), and had a super fun day at their really great zoo.
Easter! We had a great Easter w/family and WAY too much candy. And this crazy belated-birthday cake for my Mom:
This cute picture happened (Matt's Mom's Dad):
Some of April's happenings:
I had a birthday :) No picture... in part because I also caught a wretched cold the same week (and 4 days before that, had a stomach virus from you- know -where). Ah well!
I discovered the joy of pressure washing (yes, it warrants being mentioned :) :
The house building started!:
Played outside, went to the zoo, etc etc etc - loving some warm weather!
This guy started Tball! What fun! He loves it.
We flew kites on the-windiest-day-EVER.
And I started playing with my friends' DSLR camera she loaned me for a few weeks:
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Cooper: 2 Months Old!
Coop had his 2 month check up yesterday and weighed in at 12.8 lbs (50%) and 24 1/4 inches (90%!). Long boy! Explains why some of his 0-3 clothes are getting snug! He handled his shots like a champ, but currently has sore legs and a low-grade fever - poor fella. We've been snuggling and dosing tylenol :)
We love our Coop-man!
February recap
February consisted of...
Getting back to attending all three hours of church (and in spite of our efforts to avoid nursery/primary for a time to stay healthy, we still managed to catch colds :-/ )... We also blessed Cooper! Unfortunately, third child syndrome has struck and we didn't take ANY pictures of him in his outfit or us as a family... yeesh! Sorry Coop! It was a perfect day and a beautiful blessing. We are so blessed to have Cooper in our family!
Celebrating Valentines! Decorating the house, making treats, playing games, pink pancakes w/Vday sprinkles, and a fancy dinner at home....
Catching first smiles on camera! (he started spontaneously smiling early at like 2-3 weeks, but a couple weeks later he started smiling in response to your voice and I finally caught it on camera )

And trying to entertain ourselves in spite of the fact that it was COLD !
Where did the month go??
Getting back to attending all three hours of church (and in spite of our efforts to avoid nursery/primary for a time to stay healthy, we still managed to catch colds :-/ )... We also blessed Cooper! Unfortunately, third child syndrome has struck and we didn't take ANY pictures of him in his outfit or us as a family... yeesh! Sorry Coop! It was a perfect day and a beautiful blessing. We are so blessed to have Cooper in our family!
Celebrating Valentines! Decorating the house, making treats, playing games, pink pancakes w/Vday sprinkles, and a fancy dinner at home....
Catching first smiles on camera! (he started spontaneously smiling early at like 2-3 weeks, but a couple weeks later he started smiling in response to your voice and I finally caught it on camera )

And trying to entertain ourselves in spite of the fact that it was COLD !
Where did the month go??
Friday, February 1, 2013
Things you knew but you didn't know: "D-MER"
I knew...
...that breastfeeding is the 'best'.
....that 'they' said breastfeeding gives you warm fuzzies and releases all sorts of great hormones that make you feel good and help you bond.
But I also knew....
...that when I nurse I feel an empty pit in my stomach. A feeling of yuck,- a depressive, homesick kind of feeling.
But I also knew I've had it with all three kids, it's a fleeting feeling, and that at some point it stops happening. It only lasts a few minutes and then it's over until next feeding. I could tell it was hormonal (bc it just felt that way, does that make sense? I knew it wasn't a logical feeling, wasn't something I could control mentally, so it had to be physiological ) . So, I've never worried about it and never talked about it - just dealt with it and moved on!
Well, wouldn't you know, while looking for info on something completely unrelated, I ran upon this article -
Depression or other negative emotions upon milk let-down (D-MER). I thought "negative emotions and breastfeeding?" I had never seen such an article! Needless to say, this is me to a T - and I was totally surprised to find out what I felt was something that had a name and that I wasn't the only one who felt it.
So, I'm posting this not for attention, but to possibly validate someone else out there who feels the way I do. And didn't know it had a name! I wasn't looking for validation about it, but it felt really great to be validated anyway! And if you don't have this... well, consider yourself informed! :)
...that breastfeeding is the 'best'.
....that 'they' said breastfeeding gives you warm fuzzies and releases all sorts of great hormones that make you feel good and help you bond.
But I also knew....
...that when I nurse I feel an empty pit in my stomach. A feeling of yuck,- a depressive, homesick kind of feeling.
But I also knew I've had it with all three kids, it's a fleeting feeling, and that at some point it stops happening. It only lasts a few minutes and then it's over until next feeding. I could tell it was hormonal (bc it just felt that way, does that make sense? I knew it wasn't a logical feeling, wasn't something I could control mentally, so it had to be physiological ) . So, I've never worried about it and never talked about it - just dealt with it and moved on!
Well, wouldn't you know, while looking for info on something completely unrelated, I ran upon this article -
Depression or other negative emotions upon milk let-down (D-MER). I thought "negative emotions and breastfeeding?" I had never seen such an article! Needless to say, this is me to a T - and I was totally surprised to find out what I felt was something that had a name and that I wasn't the only one who felt it.
So, I'm posting this not for attention, but to possibly validate someone else out there who feels the way I do. And didn't know it had a name! I wasn't looking for validation about it, but it felt really great to be validated anyway! And if you don't have this... well, consider yourself informed! :)
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